Introduction Pregnancy and childbirth are moments of great vulnerability in a woman’s life, which can predispose her to the development psychopathology, ranging from transient depressive symptoms (“baby blues”) psychotic symptoms. Postpartum delirium is psychiatric syndrome that some authors refer as puerperal psychosis par excellence. It was first described 18th century were thought be associa...

We investigate the changes of extreme European winter (December-February) precipitation back to 1700 and show for various European regions that return periods of extremely wet and dry winters are subject to significant changes both before and after the onset of anthropogenic influences. Generally, winter precipitation has become more extreme. We also examine the spatial pattern of the changes o...

Aim to review the process of formation Russian philosophical discourse. The author supports position that there was no discourse in literature ancient Russians, and original philosophy began form only 18th century. books Ancient Russia are characterized by absence a direct connection with tradition. ideas authors came through Byzantium. However, scribes perceived them as "Hellenic sophistry" ma...

At the University of Pisa, where he studied law, Buonarroti had been acquainted with the 18th century social philosophers especially Helvetius, Mably, Rousseau and Morelly, who had moulded his social and political ideology. When the French Revolution broke out he was among the most courageous protagonists to defend its ideas: "J'attendais depuis longtemps le signal, il fut donne". In October 17...

This fine volume of essays on the nobility in the later eighteenth century is a most welcome addition to the existing literature. It comprises eleven essays by American historians whose research engages with the concept of nobility. The collection issues from a conference in 2004 and reflects the cultural turn in historiography that has such sway, particularly in America. There is a stimulating...

Jean-François Peyron (1748-1784) wrote one of the most important and exhaustive travel accounts 18th-century Spain. The pages Nouveau Voyage en Espagne do not only concern this country, but also address aspects related to lands conquered by Spanish in America. present study deals with reflections that New World suggests author respect characters events linked different fields such as Science, H...